U50 Small Nucleolar RNA

**Semantic type:** Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide

**Definition:** U50 small nucleolar RNA (75 bases) is encoded by the human SNORD50A gene. This oligoribonucleotide plays a role in the methylation of ribose in preribosomal RNA.

**Synonyms:** - SNORD50A - U50 snoRNA